Michael Hedges - Eleven Small Roaches

[11smallroaches1]

i love this song

[zozadd]

who dislikes this? :(

[victoria4504]

I lived in Baltimore and knew Michael....I think I might have seen one of those roaches...might have even come from my apartment...they like to run back and forth between apartments avoiding the Exterminator!

[LucaPette]

I love him

[varunjewalikar]

2:17 is the best moment of this video

after hitting 10 harmonics he is just like 'oh yeah'

[Tinydude10]

@varunjewalikar Yes, yes it is.

[PJAPt2]

You can tell he was a perfectionist! Every tone and sound he made sure was just right.

[whouston33wh]

those harmonics are just so.....no, beautiful wouldn't do them justice by a long shot. Well, I guess there is no word to describe them. Thats what Michael was all about, going beyond the boundaries

[BeeNebulon]

@runawaycaveman, dude, if your IQ is so large then you should be able to see the ripple effect of your words, don't gloat even if your einstien who cares.

great music:)

[runawaycaveman]

I was born in '93 and I was raised listening Bach and Michael Hedges, Now I play classical guitar. And I happen to have a 144 IQ. So, thanks MH.

[frizelgar]

well i have an i.q of 100000000000 so fuk u bitch

[runawaycaveman]

Yeah, It shows.

[runawaycaveman]

Really? Fart sniffer? You're a disgrace to this page. This is a great video, and idiots like you are what mess up this generations reputation. Feel free to use a dictionary if those words are too big for your trillion I.Q.

[theDonsonDon]

@frizelgar very unneccesary to be throwing abuse over this guitar masters video

[folkguitar1]

One of my favorites this on

[methodinsane]

Anyone know (since there's no Sunrise mag on his guitar) what pickup system he's using here?

[R3dnt]

This is something special

i mean the way the song is build

[6stringtap]

omegas will has somewhat a point, michael should not have died.

[Tman4000]

When I have kids, they'll listen to Michael Hedges when they sleep, not Bach and Beethoven.

[YouLikeBosch]

Why not all three!

[pathWithHeart]

that's what my kids listen to..my two year old loves aerial boundaries..

[Hendik88]

@Tman4000 Hedges' cover of Bach's "Cello Suite #1 in G Major" too? That makes you like Bach's music too you know...

[JeezoozeChrysler]

@Tman4000 ahah best comment ever ,hi five to you man

[fishsayglubglub]

@Tman4000 Actually Hedges style is very similar in technique as most baroque music (Bach). And I'm sure he had a deep appreciation for classical music.

[darvoid66]

There is...and will never be another person with as much talent on the guitar. I miss him SO much.

[type3secretion]

oh, i wouldn't say anything so harsh to the piano man

[OmegasWill]

i said that because billy joels drunken self has crashed forty times without a scratch and hedges only drug free crash killed him.. its not fair that talentless drunken trash like joel survives and someone truly exceptional dies... im sorry if you like joel but i know you would rather have michael alive instead of him.

[type3secretion]

well, billy is a tortured soul; he tried to end his life once; and once upon a time, he made some contributions to modern music

[OmegasWill]

we all deal with our problems differently. but those who need substances or cheap thrills sicken me. thats why i said what i said. people escape to cheap hurtful thrills so easily.. when all they have to do is so simple. do what you love. when i have a problem i use art and music to solve. not just run away from it. you cant solve anything by running away.. substances are running away. hmm

[wdchrismon]

@type3secretion Like, all of Songs from the Attic and Cold Spring Harbor, most of Piano Man, and River of Dreams? Don't go step'n on Billy's toes. Tortured soul though may have been (or may still be), when at his best his talent was through the roof.

That that that, or any other discussion of pop music belongs here.

[Valvicus]

Each one of us has a different personal mission to accomplish, if you will, through our being here, living as we do, and when we've done our thing and said (or played) our piece, and learned our lesson, we move on. Billy and Michael are/were quite different people and musicians - the Piano Man vs. Savage Myth Guitarist, and really, none of us can say exactly all of what each was here to experience, contribute or to learn. I truly doubt that Michael would've wished for Billy to take his place.

[eArtrash]

if it wasnt for "substances" there would be great pain in hospitals and psychiatric wards (legal drugs) and there wouldnt be half of your mp3/cd/vinyl collection so dont talk ignorant shite!

[methodinsane]

Talentless my ass! Go suck a lemon. Joel is great and one of the best story tellers. Yea sure he had a few bad eggs but some of his songs are genius. For what it's worth I don't believe in swapping one human life for another, I'd like if both were alive but they're not, get over it!

[musicshake]

Joel who? seriously i think i don't know him

[Cavin8r]

@OmegasWill Hedges did drugs, bro. Weed at the least, but I don't know the extent.

[OmegasWill]

billy joel should have died in his place

[dolmadakia]

This is such a great song,,, one of my favorites of Hedges!

[DeanJOliver]

Man... I just discovered this guy 15 minutes ago here on you tube and now I see he died young. That is a crying shame. I guess Billy Joel had it right.

[Seljalandfoss]

Pure beauty

[mytologolo]

DU er FAAAEEEN meg nordmann du. Bare å innrømme

[smalls426]

sad that he died. R.I.P. Great guitar player

[doda26]

A great piece of music, as only Micheal could play it. I always thought it was about a different kind of roaches.

[therealkingfuse]

rofl

[canyonkafer]

I thought so too...

ah well, right?

[sticky793]

His time had come, as will all of ours. He's gone home to the God who gave him life.

[repose1983]

heaven took him to save us all!

[HilynChan]

It's a pity that he passed away, and a great loss to his fans! So sad. Why would heaven ever take his life? Heaven is dead!

[toooberoot]

so there is the skinny on the evolution of this song by the great Michael Hedges R.I.P

I like to think he was reincarnated, he was a Budhist wass he not?

[therealkingfuse]

yeh he was